DATSUN · DATSUN 2.8 · Cars
Genuinely rare — only 9 left on UK roads.
Rarer than 79% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Disappearing at about 0 a year (2.0% of survivors). At that pace roughly 8 would remain in 5 years, and half the current fleet is gone by around ~2059.
Datsun (UK: , US: ) was a Japanese automobile manufacturer brand owned by Nissan. Datsun's original production run began in 1931. From 1958 to 1986, only vehicles exported by Nissan were identified as Datsun. Nissan phased out the Datsun brand in March 1986, but relaunched it in June 2013 as the brand for low-cost vehicles manufactured for emerging markets. Nissan considered phasing out the Datsun brand for a second time in 2019 and 2020, eventually discontinuing the struggling brand in April 2022. In 1931, DAT Motorcar Co. chose to name its new small car "Datson", a name which indicated the new...
As of 2025 Q4, 9 DATSUN 2.8 were still registered in the UK — 4 licensed and on the road, plus 5 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The DATSUN 2.8 is genuinely rare, with only 9 left, making it rarer than 79% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of DATSUN 2.8 on UK roads held steady. At the current rate of decline, roughly 8 would remain in 5 years.
Most DATSUN 2.8 run on petrol — about 89% of those still registered, with the rest split across gas (lpg).
The DATSUN 2.8 peaked at 11 registered in 2014 Q4, and was first recorded in the data in 2014 Q3.